The Constitution Limits Government Power To Protect Individual Rights

Nataya Fullmer Question 1 The Constitution limits government power to protect individual rights while promoting the common good. In the Constitution they made provisions that were designed to prevent abuse that delegates had seen in British history, in their own colonial and state governments, or in the national government under the Articles of Confederation. Limitations were for both the national and state governments.
Several of the constitution's limitations on state power are in Article I, Section 10, which prohibits the states from things like not being able to coin their own money, pass laws that violate contracts, make ex post facto laws or bills, and keep troops or ships at war in times of peace. The state governments are prohibited from passing laws that enable people to violate contracts. These limitations had also become a part of the Articles of Confederation. These limits had a greatly helped with the
They believed the constitution gave excessive power to the federal government and thought the Constitution would create a government that the people could not control. Anti-Federalists had argued that a strong national government in a large nation would be prone to the abuses that had destroyed republics since ancient times. They also believed that certain systems among the branches would eventually turn against the people's liberties and no longer protect the rights of the people.
Anti-Federalists and Federalists as well as all other American citizens have responsibilities for seeing that individual rights are protected and common good are promoted. Individuals have obligations to the community that include respect, cooperation, and participation. At citizens of a group, community, state, and nation we need to ensure that we are all working together to protect our rights. Just protecting our rights alone will help promote the common